33. And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:
34. And they took the women captive, and the children, and the cattle they possessed.
35. And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them:
36. And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour, and victuals, and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;
37. And laid them up there: and they became a great snare.
38. And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel.
39. And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place.
40. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them, and the city was made the habitation to strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her.
41. Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilderness, her festival days were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours were brought to nothing.
42. Her dishonour was increased according to her glory, and her excellency was turned into mourning.
43. And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people should be one: and every one should leave his own law.
44. And all nations consented according to the word of king Antiochus.